Xing Zhonghe paled with fear and quickly knelt next to his father on the ground.
He merely found it intolerable that the Sixth Prince protected those two little ones, acting rashly out of impulsive righteousness, and voiced what was a common reality in this world. But he never expected that it would provoke Jinrong's response, which could somehow be linked to the Crown Prince. If these words were to be confirmed as those of the Crown Prince, wouldn't it seem to the public that the Crown Prince lacked the qualities necessary to become the Son of Heaven?
How could he bear the weight of such an accusation, such a result?
Jinrong silently observed the Xing father and son kneeling on the ground. He, Xing Zhonghe, Xu Deng, and others had been friends since childhood, but as they grew older and their family backgrounds diverged, the understanding and purity of their friendship from their younger days were no longer the same.
